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Erschienen in: Urban Forum 1/2010

01.02.2010

Towards Creating Inclusive Cities: Experiences and Challenges in Contemporary African Cities

A Room in the City: Strategies for Accessing Affordable Accommodation

verfasst von: Lone Poulsen

Erschienen in: Urban Forum | Ausgabe 1/2010

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Abstract

Housing provision in South Africa has focussed on the delivery of ownership houses at the expense of other forms of tenure and types of housing. This strategy presumes that people live close to where they work. However, ‘migrant’ workers who do not want to own but need affordable accommodation in the city are still prevalent in urban areas. The focus in this paper is on access to affordable rental housing as a mechanism for inclusion in the city with a particular emphasis on ‘rooms’ as this appears to be a neglected type of provision on the formal housing agenda. The paper explores the socio-economic circumstances of the persons occupying these rooms, their strategies for seeking accommodation in the city in the face of a shortage of appropriate and affordable housing, and under conditions of extreme poverty. The paper looks at the different ways in which rooms are accessed and provided in the city of Johannesburg with an emphasis on the physical aspects of this form of housing. The paper is based on the author's previous research and policy work on homelessness, transitional and communal housing, backyard rooms, RDP housing evaluation and design strategies for medium density housing.

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The paper is based on the author’s research, observations and experience in the field. The information is derived from work done independently or with consultancy teams on a number of National and Provincial Department of Housing, and City of Johannesburg housing policy research projects. Also participation in working groups for SHF and SHiFT looking at homelessness, transitional and communal housing issues. The author has acted as a consultant to NGO’s active in dealing with real projects related to the rental of rooms. In most of these situations the work is predominantly as an architectural and urban design advisor in trying to interpret the socio-economic issues into policy and guidelines for implementation.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Towards Creating Inclusive Cities: Experiences and Challenges in Contemporary African Cities
A Room in the City: Strategies for Accessing Affordable Accommodation
verfasst von
Lone Poulsen
Publikationsdatum
01.02.2010
Verlag
Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in
Urban Forum / Ausgabe 1/2010
Print ISSN: 1015-3802
Elektronische ISSN: 1874-6330
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-010-9077-6

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